“We just have to find how to navigate these next few years without Matthews being our core center.”According to an email sent by Northeastern’s club sports program to leaders of club sports teams, Matthews will be “unusable” after varsity hockey’s final home game scheduled for Dec. 13. The three ice-based club teams that regularly practice at Matthews — figure skating, men’s ice hockey and women’s ice hockey — will need to find rinks to play on until the summer of 2028, when Northeastern has said the new athletic facility will be finished. And the same goes for the [other] two teams, which was way more than we were expecting,” said Kyle Wilson, a fourth-year business administration major and president of the men’s club ice hockey team. “It just makes [club hockey] a way bigger commitment.”Team leaders are also now responsible for coordination with external rinks. Both men’s and women’s ice hockey club teams attended nationals in recent years.